Status as at Tuesday July 7 2020 ( 10:45pm EST )
Public Transport is an essential service and at present, most metropolitan trams, buses and ferries across Australia are running to regular timetables, although a few are running on Saturday timetables on all weekdays.
Many (but not all) airport connection buses have been suspended.
Many long distance services are also running to regular timetables but many privately operated services are operating on reduced frequencies and some have been suspended entirely. All travellers are responsible for ensuring they have appropriate authorisations to travel across borders and through all regions traversed.
All tourist-oriented services have been suspended.
Restrictions on movement within and between cities and States have been introduced and are being tightened. Transport operators will modify or suspend services in response. We are monitoring all transport operators and will update here whenever information is received.
Service status Indicators:
Services running as normal
Reduced services running OR services suspended but a planned date for return to service is near.
Services suspended and no early return date is advised.
No advice/unknown
Metropolitan Public Transport Services:
- Sydney
Trains- Metro
- Light Rail Operating normally except The Star stop is closed at all times and after-midnight L1 line trams are suspended.
- Ferries - Sydney Ferries services operating normally, but Fantasea cruises, Captain Cook cruises and Manly Fast Ferries Darling Harbour services suspended. Watsons Bay and Lane Cove services running modified timetables.
- Buses: all Opal bus services are now cashless
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- Melbourne
Trains- Trams
- Buses
- Skybus Tullamarine Airport to Melbourne City Express still running but only between 6am and 6pm. All other Skybus services suspended ie (Docklands/Southbank, St Kilda, Avalon Airport, Eastern, Peninsula, Western)
- Ferries: St Kilda Ferry and Herring Island ferry suspended. Westgate Punt reduced to weekdays only.
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- Brisbane
Trains- Ferries
- Buses
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- Perth
Trains - Running to normal timetables since May 2nd.- Buses - Running to normal timetables since May 2nd.
- Ferries - Operating to normal winter timetable.
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- Adelaide
Trains - ADDITIONAL shoulder-peak trains will run on the Gawler line to aid social separation.- Trams All services now cashless only.
- Buses Normal service running EXCEPT J1X Airport express. Free City Connectors (routes 98A, 98C, 99A and 99C) resumed July 5 and all After Midnight services resume Saturday July 11.
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- Canberra
- Trams
- Buses
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- Hobart/Launceston
- Buses. Operating as normal but travel is now free until end May to avoid cash handling.
- Skybus Hobart Airport service - suspended
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- Newcastle
Trains- Trams
- Buses
- Ferries
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- Darwin
- Buses Operating normally. All buses are free to avoid cash handling.
- Ferries - Mandorah Ferry operating normally. Previously suspended last two services of the day (11pm + 12am) restored May 23.
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- Gold Coast
- Trains
- Light Rail
- Buses Minor re-routing of Surfside bus route 601 Kingscliff to Tweed Heads West - no longer serves Coolangatta stops due to border restrictions.
- Ferries - HOPO service suspended
Long Distance country and Interstate services:
- NEW SOUTH WALES
- NSW Trainlink Trains As normal except Brisbane XPT is running only between Sydney and Casino, it is not running across the border to Brisbane. Melbourne XPT is NOT crossing the closed border and will run only between Sydney and Albury.
- NSW Trainlink Buses As normal except no services will run into Queensland - buses terminate at Tweed Heads. Broken Hill to Adelaide buses suspended due SA border controls.
- Greyhound Buses Sydney to Brisbane and Canberra to Melbourne have been suspended.
- Greyhound Buses Sydney to Canberra have been suspended but ONE trip per day resumed June 15.
- Firefly Express Sydney-Melbourne services suspended March 28 and re-commenced May 28.
- Sid Foggs coaches Newcastle to Dubbo resumed normal services May 13.
- New England coaches Tamworth to Warwick and Tamworth to Coffs Harbour suspended from April 3 but plan to RESUME July 20.
- Murrays Coaches Canberra-Sydney, limited services resumed 19 June
- Murrays Coaches Canberra-Melbourne suspended
- Murrays Coaches Canberra-Narooma, Canberra-Wollongong
- Transborder Coaches Canberra-Yass
- Premier Motors Sydney to Eden bus services are running to reduced frequencies. Sydney to Brisbane are running as normal, but Brisbane to Lismore services are suspended.
- Australia Wide Coaches Express bus services between Orange and Sydney suspended.
- Port Stephens Coaches Sydney to Port Stephens express bus service suspended but relaunched reduced (3 days per week) from June 1 and now run 4 days per week.
- Northern Rivers Buslines
- RMS Cross-river ferries operating normally
- Clarence River Ferry Yamba to Iluka suspended.
- Byron Bay Train Appears to have resumed following Covid suspension.
- Central Coast Ferries Regular service Woy Woy - Saratoga - Empire Bay still running although tourist cruises are suspended..
- Skybus Gold Coast Airport to Byron Bay - suspended
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- VICTORIA
- VLine Trains Normal services - except Albury trains which are replaced by buses which are running only between Melbourne and Wodonga.
- VLine Buses Services running as normal except no buses are running into NSW. The Albury to Canberra and Bairnsdale to Canberra buses are suspended. Bairnsdale to Batemans Bay / Narooma buses are truncated to run only between Bairnsdale and Genoa.
- The Overland Adelaide-Melbourne &vv suspended (plan to resume in September)
- Skybus Geelong to Avalon airport bus service suspended from March 31
- Gull Geelong to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended.
- Ballarat to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended
- Bendigo Airport Service to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended
- Balfours Shepparton to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended
- Gippy Shuttle Traralgon to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended
- Peninsula Searoad Queenscliff-Sorrento Ferry operating reduced frequency services - one every 2 hours.
- PTV branded private buses Operating normally
- Westernport Ferries Ferries Stony Point to French Island and Phillip Island running to reduced timetables.
- Port Phillip Ferries All service on both routes (Melbourne - Geelong and Melbourne - Portarlington) suspended Monday March 30 BUT services on WEEKENDS ONLY will resume from June 13.
- Greyhound Buses Melbourne to Canberra and Sydney resumed June 15 bus from July 6 are suspended again.
- Firefly Express Melbourne-Adelaide buses running to reduced frequency.
- Firefly Express Sydney-Melbourne buses suspended.
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- QUEENSLAND
- Sunshine Coast line Trains
- Gold Coast Coast line Trains
- QR Traveltrain Trains Brisbane - Cairns (Spirit of Queensland), Rockhampton Tilt Train, Bundaberg Tilt Train NORMAL SERVICES from June 13.
- QR Traveltrain Trains Brisbane - Longreach (Spirit of the Outback) resumed 23 June.
- QR Traveltrain Trains Brisbane-Charleville (The Westlander), Townsville-Mount Isa (The Inlander) and connecting buses suspended running ONE WEEKLY service until 19 September when second weekly servces return.
- NSW Trainlink Trains Brisbane XPT train is not running into Queensland
- NSW Trainlink Buses No services into Queensland. Services start/terminate at Tweed Heads.
- Murrays Coaches Brisbane - Toowoomba - Chinchilla running limited services.
- Greyhound Brisbane -Cairns suspended.
- Greyhound Brisbane- Toowoomba - Miles: reduced services Brisbane-Toowoomba recommenced June 15.
- Greyhound Buses between Brisbane, Byron Bay and Sydney and Tennant Creek-Mount Isa suspended.
- Greyhound Buses Longreach-Emerald-Rockhampton, reduced frequencies.
- Mackay transit Mackay-Emerald, reduced to 4 per week.
- Glasshouse Country Coaches
- Bowen transit Bowen-Collinsville reduced to 3 per week.
- Premier Motors Brisbane to Cairns and Sydney to Brisbane buses are running as normal
- Premier Motors Brisbane to Lismore runs are suspended.
- Bus Queensland Brisbane-Mount Isa and Townsville-Charters Towers
- Bus Queensland Toowoomba - St George - Lightning Ridge - Cunnamulla , Toowoomba-Rockhampton and Townsville - Mount Isa Resumde full service June 22nd.
- Bus Queensland Brisbane-Charleville resumed normal service June 22nd.
- Crisps Coaches Toowoomba to Warwick, Warwick to Tenterfield, Warwick to Moree all services suspended. Limited services to resume from July 20.
- Crisps Coaches Brisbane to Warwick and Stanthorpe - limited services resume May 5.
- Trans North Coaches Cairns-Karumba as normal, but Cairns-Cooktown, Cairns-Kuranda and Cairns-Atherton services reduced and rescheduled.
- North Burnett Monto-Mundubbera-Maryborough suspended
- North Burnett Mundubbera-Bundaberg reduced to 1 per week.
- North Burnett Eidsvold-Mt Perry-Bundaberg, and Monto-Ceratodus running as normal.
- Sealink Magnetic Island Ferry returning to school term timetable from 11 May.
- Cruise Whitsundays
- Skybus Gold Coast Airport to Surfers Paradise service PERMANENTLY withdrawn
- Skybus Gold Coast Airport to Byron Bay - suspended
- Noosa Ferry suspended March 23, but resumed by July.
- Peddells Thursday Island - Seisia ferries are running but access is restricted.
- Thursday Island Ferry to Horn Island are running to a revised timetable.
- SeaSwift Cairns to Cape York ferries - status not known.
- SeaLink Bay Islands ferries
- Coochiemudlo Island ferries operating to revised timetables.
- Green Island Ferries to Green Island.
- Fraser Island Ferries to Fraser Island are only running for essential services and the return of visitors to the mainland.
- Daintree Ferry Ferries across the Daintree river are only running for essential services and essential travel by local residents.
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- SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- The Indian Pacific Sydney-Adelaide-Perth &vv (Earliest Bookings available from August)
- The Ghan Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin &vv (Earliest Bookings available from August)
- The Overland Adelaide-Melbourne &vv
- VLine All VLine bus services resumed running into SA.
- Stateliner Buses Running reduced schedules on all routes from April 1. Services to Bute, Port Broughton and Loxton were suspended from April 1 but from May 21 services to Port Broughton and Bute returned with re-instatement of extra services to Whyalla.
- LinkSA Buses All route services operating as normal although special services to Monarto Zoo and Footy Expresses and Barossa School buses will not run. Cross-border service from Murrayville appears to have been restored. Cash payments accepted only in plastic bags and no change is given.
- Yorke Peninsula Coaches Modified services
- Sealink Kangaroo Island Ferry and connecting buses Adelaide-Cape Jervis, Goolwa-Cape Jervis and Penneshaw-Kingscote returned to normal schedules from May 11.
- KI Connect Kangaroo Island Connect Ferry (Cape Jervis to Penneshaw) and co-ordinated buses suspended.
- Firefly Express Melbourne-Adelaide buses resumed full service early June.
- Tambray Coaches Mildura - Adelaide. Planned resumption of services July 20th.
- Greyhound Coaches Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin running to reduced frequencies.
- Genesis Transport buses Adelaide to Flinders Ranges (Copley) running to reduced timetable - once weekly north on Thursday south Friday only.
- Barossa on demand bus Suspended
- Gawler and Mt Barker on demand buses Operating as normal
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- WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- TransWA Trains Australind, Prospector and Merredin Link normal timetables.
- TransWA Buses across regional WA normal timetables.
- Trans Regional Local bus services in provincialnormal timetables.
- SouthWest Coachlines Not running to Busselton Margaret River airport. Timetables re-published March 24- slight reduction in frequency on some routes.
- Integrity Coachlines Normal Timetables
- Goldrush Tours Express Kalgoorlie-Leonora-Laverton buses operating as normal.
- Rottnest Island Ferries Rottnest Island re-opened June 6 and ferry services resumed then.
- The Indian Pacific Sydney-Adelaide-Perth &vv suspended (Earliest Bookings available from August)
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- TASMANIA
- Spirit of Tasmania ferry between Tasmania and Melbourne is operating normally but you will not be permitted to board if you do not meet travel eligibility requirements.
- Tasmanian Redline Coaches
- Tassielink Coaches
- Derwent Valley Link
- Calow's Coaches
- Sainty's Coaches
- Lee's Coaches
- Manion's Coaches
- Area Connect
- Bruny Island Ferry Operating as normal (On winter timetable from April 1)
- Furneaux Freight Passenger travel on ferries from Bridport to Flinders Island and Lady Barron Island suspended March 24 but resumed early June.
- Lake St Clair Ferry Cynthia Bay to Narcissus ferry Suspended March 31 but resumed early June.
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- NORTHERN TERRITORY
- The Ghan Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin Suspended (Earliest Bookings available from August)
- Sealink Tiwi Islands ferry resumed service June 5.
- Sealink Numbulwar ferry resumed June 12.
- Sealink Groote Eylandt bus resumed early June.
- Greyhound Coaches Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin, Darwin-Broome running to reduced frequency.
- Greyhound Coaches Tennant Creek-Mount Isa Suspended
ALL
Tourist services were suspended, although some are now starting to re-open. This is our understanding of operating status of tourist railways, tramways and cableways.
- NSW Rail Transport Museum (Thirlmere - Buxton)
- Sydney Tramway Museum (Loftus-Royal National Park)
- Valley Heights Railway Museum - reopens July 12.
- Katoomba Scenic Railway and cableway - reopened June 26
- Bendigo Tramways
- Ballarat Tramway Museum
- Dalesford Spa Country Railway
- Yarra Valley Railway (Healesville)
- Mornington Railway
- Portland 'cable' trams: suspended.
- Puffing Billy (Belgrave-Gembrook)
- Walhalla Goldfields Railway - services suspended.
- Bellarine Railway (Queenscliff)
- Victorian Goldfields Railway (Maldon)
- Arthurs Seat Eagle gondola suspended from March 23
- Kuranda Scenic Railway - full 7 day per week servces recommenced June 27
- Skyrail Rainforest Cableway suspended (pun intended) March 26
- Savannahlander (Cairns to Forsayth) - recommenced June 10
- Gulflander (Normanton to Croydon) - recommence June 17
- Mary Valley Railway (Gympie) - Normal services re-commenced June 13.
- Rosewood Railway
- Tramway Museum (St Kilda, SA)
- Granite Island Horse Tramway (Victor Harbor) recommenced Friday June 5.
- Pichi Richi Railway (Quorn) resumed June 28th.
- Steamranger (Goolwa - Victor Harbour) recommenced Saturday June 6.
- Busselton Jetty train - normal services have resumed.
- Bennett Brook Railway (Perth) - Full services resumed July 6.
- Whiteman Park Tramway
- Hotham Valley Railway (Dwellingup) - Forest Train resumed June 21
- Pemberton Tramway - resumed June 29.
- Rottnest Railway- resumed July 4.
- Don River Railway (Devonport) resumed operation Saturday June 6.
- West Coast Wilderness Railway (Queenstown-Strahan) Suspended until Tuesday 22 September 2020.
As soon as we become aware of service changes we will post an alert and update the service status summary here.
